diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
index 0d3769a735..e0f696080e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
@@ -385,4 +385,19 @@ package object config {
       .checkValue(v => v > 0 && v <= Int.MaxValue,
         s"The buffer size must be greater than 0 and less than ${Int.MaxValue}.")
       .createWithDefault(1024 * 1024)
+
+  private[spark] val UNROLL_MEMORY_CHECK_PERIOD =
+    ConfigBuilder("spark.storage.unrollMemoryCheckPeriod")
+      .internal()
+      .doc("The memory check period is used to determine how often we should check whether "
+        + "there is a need to request more memory when we try to unroll the given block in memory.")
+      .longConf
+      .createWithDefault(16)
+
+  private[spark] val UNROLL_MEMORY_GROWTH_FACTOR =
+    ConfigBuilder("spark.storage.unrollMemoryGrowthFactor")
+      .internal()
+      .doc("Memory to request as a multiple of the size that used to unroll the block.")
+      .doubleConf
+      .createWithDefault(1.5)
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/memory/MemoryStore.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/memory/MemoryStore.scala
index 90e3af2d0e..eb2201d142 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/memory/MemoryStore.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/memory/MemoryStore.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams
 
 import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, TaskContext}
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
+import org.apache.spark.internal.config.{UNROLL_MEMORY_CHECK_PERIOD, UNROLL_MEMORY_GROWTH_FACTOR}
 import org.apache.spark.memory.{MemoryManager, MemoryMode}
 import org.apache.spark.serializer.{SerializationStream, SerializerManager}
 import org.apache.spark.storage.{BlockId, BlockInfoManager, StorageLevel, StreamBlockId}
@@ -190,11 +191,11 @@ private[spark] class MemoryStore(
     // Initial per-task memory to request for unrolling blocks (bytes).
     val initialMemoryThreshold = unrollMemoryThreshold
     // How often to check whether we need to request more memory
-    val memoryCheckPeriod = 16
+    val memoryCheckPeriod = conf.get(UNROLL_MEMORY_CHECK_PERIOD)
     // Memory currently reserved by this task for this particular unrolling operation
     var memoryThreshold = initialMemoryThreshold
     // Memory to request as a multiple of current vector size
-    val memoryGrowthFactor = 1.5
+    val memoryGrowthFactor = conf.get(UNROLL_MEMORY_GROWTH_FACTOR)
     // Keep track of unroll memory used by this particular block / putIterator() operation
     var unrollMemoryUsedByThisBlock = 0L
     // Underlying vector for unrolling the block
@@ -325,6 +326,12 @@ private[spark] class MemoryStore(
 
     // Whether there is still enough memory for us to continue unrolling this block
     var keepUnrolling = true
+    // Number of elements unrolled so far
+    var elementsUnrolled = 0L
+    // How often to check whether we need to request more memory
+    val memoryCheckPeriod = conf.get(UNROLL_MEMORY_CHECK_PERIOD)
+    // Memory to request as a multiple of current bbos size
+    val memoryGrowthFactor = conf.get(UNROLL_MEMORY_GROWTH_FACTOR)
     // Initial per-task memory to request for unrolling blocks (bytes).
     val initialMemoryThreshold = unrollMemoryThreshold
     // Keep track of unroll memory used by this particular block / putIterator() operation
@@ -359,7 +366,7 @@ private[spark] class MemoryStore(
 
     def reserveAdditionalMemoryIfNecessary(): Unit = {
       if (bbos.size > unrollMemoryUsedByThisBlock) {
-        val amountToRequest = bbos.size - unrollMemoryUsedByThisBlock
+        val amountToRequest = (bbos.size * memoryGrowthFactor - unrollMemoryUsedByThisBlock).toLong
         keepUnrolling = reserveUnrollMemoryForThisTask(blockId, amountToRequest, memoryMode)
         if (keepUnrolling) {
           unrollMemoryUsedByThisBlock += amountToRequest
@@ -370,7 +377,10 @@ private[spark] class MemoryStore(
     // Unroll this block safely, checking whether we have exceeded our threshold
     while (values.hasNext && keepUnrolling) {
       serializationStream.writeObject(values.next())(classTag)
-      reserveAdditionalMemoryIfNecessary()
+      elementsUnrolled += 1
+      if (elementsUnrolled % memoryCheckPeriod == 0) {
+        reserveAdditionalMemoryIfNecessary()
+      }
     }
 
     // Make sure that we have enough memory to store the block. By this point, it is possible that